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Month: November 2025

Noland Veal Returns

Posted on November 30, 2025November 30, 2025 | by Alvin Blakes | 17 Comments

Noland Veal was discharged from the U.S. Naval hospital ship Red Rover in 1865 and, like many Black veterans of the Civil War, made his way back to his hometown of Woodville, Mississippi. As a 16-year-old serving aboard a naval vessel, he had likely traveled the length of the Mississippi…

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